Bargain shopping

There’s nothing I love more than a new and fabulous beauty trend and the latest is the bubble charcoal face mask. Now we can look forward to an explosion of great skin. I had to give this a go and tell you all about it. The face mask I used was the bubble and charcoal

Shopping as therapy is not a new concept, and there is no denying the giddy pleasure of browsing the high street and returning home with a bundle of bags on your arm. Provided you know that you can afford the things you are buying then shopping can help to place a great big grin on

You’ve retrieved your Christmas decorations from the loft, dusted them down and now you’ve decided that you’d like to do something a little different this year. After all, you’ve been putting the same decorations up for years now. However, time and cost can be a factor when updating your Christmas décor and you might not

Before super powerful Hoovers and supermarket sprays like Vanish were invented, our grandmothers cleaned their homes in a much simpler way. They were used to making things last by mending and repairing and were generally living with sooty fires and cooking ranges that made their homes a lot dirtier that they are today. Elbow grease

Halloween is becoming a much more celebrated occasion in Britain as the years go by. The kids go out dressed as ghouls and goblins in their amazing costumes trick or treating. They might have Halloween discos at school and many of us now throw a Halloween party. We have gone mad for it. Of course

Family life can really take its toll on a home. From young children ‘decorating’ the walls to the stench of cooking odours and the dirt from people traipsing through the house with dirty feet, all households have to deal with getting rid of stains and odours. Here’s how to easily banish of some of the

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